2:8 Jiyang Pill

2:8 Jiyang Pill,For flaccid paralysis, numbness due to leprosy, blood wind, itchy wind, dry wind, cold numbness affecting half the limb, blood bi syndrome, goose-foot wind, and blood deficiency with qi depletion.

Formulas Name : 2:8 Jiyang Pill

Chinese Name : 二八济阳丹

Drug Formulation

Half a jin of Scrophularia root (soaked in wine and sun-dried three times), 1 jin of Sophora root (soaked overnight in ginger juice and wine, sun-dried, stir-fried, and ground into a powder weighing half a jin), 2 liang of rhinoceros horn, 2 liang of Angelica sinensis, 2 liang of Tribulus terrestris, 2 liang of prepared Rehmannia root, 2 liang of Angelica dahurica (stir-fried with ginger juice), 2 liang of Duzhi, 2 liang of Saposhnikovia root, 2 liang of whole scorpions (legs removed, stir-fried with earth),2 liang of Arctium lappa seeds, 2 liang of Frankincense, 2 liang of Myrrh, 2 liang of Photinia vine, 2 liang of Safflower, 5 qian of Licorice, 1 liang 5 qian of Stiff Silkworm (roasted, with silk threads, legs, and mouthparts removed).

Source

*Resolving the Source of the Yuan* (Jie Wei Yuan Sou), Volume 3.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, mix with refined honey, and form into pills the size of a Paulownia seed.

Benefits

For flaccid paralysis, numbness due to leprosy, blood wind, itchy wind, dry wind, cold numbness affecting half the limb, blood bi syndrome, goose-foot wind, and blood deficiency with qi depletion.

Instructions for Use

Take 40 pills per dose, washed down with aged wine, three times a day.

2:8 Jiyang Pill,*Resolving the Source of the Yuan* (Jie Wei Yuan Sou), Volume 3.,For flaccid paralysis, numbness due to leprosy, blood wind, itchy wind, dry wind, cold numbness affecting half the limb, blood bi syndrome, goose-foot wind, and blood deficiency with qi depletion.

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